- 17 May, 2024
Geopolitics & National Securityelections
Monitors to audit Moscow online vote after outcry – Inferfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - State election monitors will audit the results of online voting in Moscow that swung the outcome in several districts in favour of the ruling United Russia party…
U.S. does not recognize Russian Duma elections on Ukraine territory -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia prevented citizens from exercising their civil and political rights in recent elections and the United States does not recognize the Russian Duma elections on sovereign Ukrainian…
Putin thanks Russians for their ‘trust’ after United Russia election win
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday thanked Russians for their trust after the ruling United Russia party that supports him won an emphatic parliamentary majority in an…
Germany points to reports on “massive irregularities” in Russia’s Duma elections
BERLIN (Reuters) - There are credible reports of massive irregularities in the Russian Duma elections, a German government spokesman said on Monday, as the vote's results were finalised. Russia's ruling…
Russia blames U.S. tech giants for interference in election
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's foreign ministry said on Friday it had summoned U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan to meet Russian Deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov over alleged interference in the September parliamentary…
Kremlin internet crackdown causing major outages as election looms
By Anton Zverev and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin's crackdown on websites linked to jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny and on technology used to evade online bans are…
Liberals win most seats in Morocco’s parliamentary election, routing Islamists
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's liberal RNI party has won most seats in the country's parliamentary elections followed by another liberal party, PAM, while co-ruling moderate PJD Islamists…
J-K should get elected government that strengthens development trajectory: PM Modi
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting with leaders of various political parties of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday and said it should…
Pashinyan’s party wins Armenian Parliamentary election with nearly 54 pc
Yerevan [Armenia], June 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Civil Contract Party of Armenia's Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won in the Sunday snap parliamentary election with nearly 54 per cent, according to…
US state department questions fairness of Iranian elections after Raisi’s victory
Washington [US], June 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The US State Department claims that the presidential election in Iran was not a fair one, but the US will continue to advance its interests…
Iran: Voting underway for new president, hardliner Ebrahim Raisi likely to win
Tehran [Iran], June 18 (ANI): Iranians have begun voting in presidential elections amid concerns of low voter turnout with the conservative head of the judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, widely seen as…
Diplomacy and Tragic Flaw of Overconfidence
Diplomacy and Tragic Flaw of Overconfidence My book, ‘Modiplomacy Through a Shakespearean Prism’ is structured like a Shakespearean play, divided into five parts or acts--the first act is ‘exposition’, which…
